- 1991 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1988
yp2=1989
yp3=1990
year=1991
ya1=1992
ya2=1993
ya3=1994
dp3=1960s
dp2=1970s
dp1=1980s
d=1990s
dn1=2000s
dn2=2010s
dn3=2020sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1991 :Events
January
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January 16 -Eastern Air Lines is dissolved after 64 years of operation. Many of its remaining assets are parceled out to American and Continental.*
January 17 - US-led forces attackIraq in a massive air assault after aUnited Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from occupiedKuwait passes unheeded.February
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February 1 USAir (now US Airways)Boeing 737 collides withFairchild Metro III on a runway inLos Angeles International Airport . Thirty-four were killed.
*February 28 - The US calls a ceasefire in Iraq, with airpower having neutralized practically all of the country's ability to make war.May
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May 26 -Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashes inUthai Thani province ,Thailand minutes after takeoff fromDon Mueang International Airport inBangkok . 223 people died.June
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June 17 -Alaska Airlines commences services to theSoviet Union July
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July 8 - a US NavyF/A-18 Hornet is forced to shoot down anE-2 Hawkeye after its crew abandons it following an engine fireOctober
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October 29 - a Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 707-368C Registered A20-103 conducting an asymmetric flight demonstration crashes into the Pacific Ocean 43Km South of East Sale, Victoria, AustraliaDecember
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December 4 - Pan Am, bankrupt sinceAugust 11 , is finally dissolved after 64 years of operation.First flights
February
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February 13 -Swearingen SJ-30 April
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April 27 -Eurocopter Tiger
*April 29 -Cessna CitationJet May
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May 10 -Canadair Regional Jet
*May 31 -Pilatus PC-12 June
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June 18 -BAe RJ70 eptember
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September 15 -C-17 Globemaster III October
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October 25 -Airbus A340 Entered service
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